MORONS RUN THE WORLD

[redfirecracker]

The people who run insurance company prescription plans are FUCKING IDIOTS.

I've been fighting for three days to get the prescription for Wellbutrin that MY DOCTOR PRESCRIBED FOR ME. First it was denied because the extended-release form isn't covered. Fine. Let's go to non-extended release. Denied: has to be available in a generic form.

Fine. Generic, non-extended release Wellbutrin.

Denied. Try something cheaper. Like Zoloft. Which has already stopped working for me.

Denied again. Reason? Wellbutrin is practically like Zoloft anyway, the insurance company says. And if Zoloft doesn't work on you, there's no reason for us to pay for Wellbutrin. Go away, they say.

And my doctor's office is closed for the day. So I am shit out of luck until Monday, unless I want to pay cash for the scrip, which opens up the whole barrel of laughs that is applying for reimbursement. WHERE DO I START.

I looked it up . . . chemically, Wellbutrin and Zoloft are both SSRIs, but they are not identical by any means and I've had other SSRIs before. There's no reason to think that Wellbutrin won't work for me, and WHO THE FUCK DO YOU PEOPLE THINK YOU ARE ANYWAY?

They're INSURANCE ADJUSTERS, NOT SCIENTISTS.

Worse, they're some preprogrammed fucking computer blocking my medication, not even a live person making the decision, most likely. And it's 4:30 on a Friday afternoon and the few live people there don't give a fuck anyway.

I swear, if you hear about a torched office building for MedcoHealth? It's probably because I'm not on my antidepressants and MY depression has a huge anger component.

This is the kind of shit that TOTALLY MAKES PEOPLE CLIMB BELL TOWERS WITH AK-47s.

*seethes*


p.s. If you want to comment with sympathy, that's fine . . . but please, please, please do not tell me about how the insurance company is trying to save me money on my prescription plan or ANYTHING ELSE IN THEIR DEFENSE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I DO NOT WANT TO HEAR IT I JUST WANT TO KILL THINGS.

Comments

[lucifrix.livejournal.com]

Don't you have the same drug coverage I have? Because I've been on Wellbutrin for years and they've never hassled me (they moved me to Bupropion, the generic, when it became available).

[redfirecracker.livejournal.com]

THAT'S PART OF WHAT MAKES IT SO INCREDIBLY, ASTONISHINGLY, STUPID.

Maybe you've been on it long enough that you were grandfathered, or something like that. *tries to see through red haze of rage*

[lucifrix.livejournal.com]

Did you tell them you have a coworker who is on Wellbutrin? If you did/do, I'd be curious to know their response. I think different plans can have different specs, but I don't know if the specs can change in one plan.

I'd take this to HR if I were you--you can't fuck around with psychiatric drugs. You might need more than one med, and Wellbutrin might do a good job in combination with the other two. And BTW, I had a side effect with Zoloft that I have never had with Wellbutrin, that's proof right there that drugs can work differently in a person even if they are chemically very similar.

BTW, is your doc who prescribed this a GP or a psychiatrist? I don't know if that might make a difference to the company? I can imagine them being stingier with scrips written by GPs.

[redfirecracker.livejournal.com]

I talked to my doc ( GP ) this morning and she is working on the insurance company, so hopefully this will all be resolved sometime today. If that fails, then I think I will take your suggestion and see if HR can do anything about it.